

COAPN Volume 50: Barbie is Gratingly on the Nose, But That’s a Good Thing
Yes, the title is click-bate. No, this is not a bash the Barbie movie piece. Haters, take your dripping fangs elsewhere. Full disclosure,...


COAPN Volume 48: Oppenheimer Review- Villain? Hero? Does it Even Matter?
In 2014, I went to see The Imitation Game with all the enthusiasm of a World War II history buff and fan of Benedict Cumberbatch and...


COAPN Volume 47: Diary #4, October 5th 2003 to September 29th 2004, Age 17 to 18
June 12th, 2004 Today is Saturday so I didn’t think Mom would want to continue the lessons in domesticity but I was wrong. I’m not...


COAPN Volume 46: Wives Submit to Your Husbands
"Wives, submit to yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the lord." Ephesians 5:22 (KJV) Wives, submit to your husbands. Even when he...


COAPN Volume 45: Not Everyone Looks Forward to Father's Day
If you ask my father, he is chronically underappreciated. From having a mother who preferred his siblings to himself, to bosses whose...


COAPN Volume 44: Diary #3, March 20th 2000 to January 14th 2001 Age
Volume 3 March 20th 2000 to January 14th 2001 Age 13 April 14th, 2000 Well, I never finished that entry. I started writing just as I was...


COAPN Volume 43: Christianity Reinforced My Depression
I’ve never been a terribly happy person. I do not remember when I transitioned from contented and safe to perpetually anxious and sad,...


COAPN Volume 42: Diary #2, April 7th, 1999 - March 20th, 2000 Age 12-13
Wednesday, January 6th, 2000 Jasper, GA I need to write in a much finer looking fashion than I do[BA1] . My handwriting is big and sloppy...


COAPN Volume 41: Her
By B.L. Aldrich “Brenna!” I froze, pleading with the shadows to mask me from the occupant beyond the open door. From my angle, crouched...


COAPN Volume 40: Diary #1, June 4th 1998 – January 11th 1999, Age 12
I changed my mind. After several months of consideration (and binge reading of this rubbish, ugh), I decided that summarizing my various...